"I think there are people in there that he can trust, it's just -
it's a much smaller group than I would like it to be," Donald
Trump Jr. said in an interview aired on ABC's "Good Morning
America."

"It would be easier to get things done if you're able to fully
trust everyone around you," he continued. "I think that's a
shame."

Trump Jr. was responding to a New York Times op-ed
authored by an anonymous senior White House official, who said
top White House staff was in many cases acting against the wishes
of the president to protect the national interest.

The op-ed was published as excerpts were released from journalist
Bob Woodward's explosive new book,"Fear: Trump in the White
House." The book chronicled similar sentiment from top
officials, such as former White House staff secretary Rob Porter
and former National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, who the
book said removed documents from the president's desk so he would
not sign them.

Trump Jr. said it's his belief that the op-ed was authored by a
"low-level person," and he echoed his father's call for the
Department of Justice to investigate who wrote the piece. The
president has railed against both the op-ed and the Woodward book
over the past week, asking whether the author of the New York
Times piece committed treason and suggesting the book was a work
of fiction.

"This is very low-level person who will throw their name on an
op-ed, and basically subvert the vote of the American people who
elected my father to do this job," Trump Jr. said, calling the
op-ed "pretty disgusting" and "sad."

"Listen, I think you're subverting the will of the people," he
continued. "I mean, to try to control the presidency while not
the president. You have millions and millions of Americans who
voted for this."

On the Woodward book, Trump Jr. pointed to denials from top
administration officials on passages attributed to them in the
book. Woodward conducted hundreds of interviews on what is known
as "deep background," in which the information can be used but
not attributed to a source. Woodward, of Watergate fame, has said
that these individuals have lied about their contributions to the
book in public for political purposes.

"People who are well respected in this administration have come
out and denied it," Trump Jr. said. "If Gen. [James] Mattis had
an issue with my father, he would say it to his face."